International Relations Symposium at Yale - IRSY

International Relations Symposium at Yale - IRSY IRSY is a free one-day symposium for high school students interested in international relations. IRSY 2020 will be held at Yale University on April 5th 2020.

The International Relations Symposium at Yale (IRSY) is a free one-day symposium for students interested in international relations, sponsored by the Yale International Relations Association. Students, faculty, and professionals from Yale and around the world will discuss global affairs and present careers and opportunities. This year's IRSY will be held on 21st April 2018.

On behalf of the IRSY secretariat, thank you to our delegates and advisors, speakers, YRIS and .i.r.a for everything! We...
10/18/2020

On behalf of the IRSY secretariat, thank you to our delegates and advisors, speakers, YRIS and .i.r.a for everything! We couldn’t have had such a wonderful conference without you!

Our team is so excited to see everyone today at Virtual IRSY 2020! The IRSY conference began today at 10 am EST and will...
10/18/2020

Our team is so excited to see everyone today at Virtual IRSY 2020! The IRSY conference began today at 10 am EST and will continue until 4 pm EST; Join us!

Our Under-Secretary General of Business, Nick, is a first-year from the best city in America: Chicago, Illinois. He is c...
10/16/2020

Our Under-Secretary General of Business, Nick, is a first-year from the best city in America: Chicago, Illinois. He is considering majoring in Global Affairs, Statistics & Data Science, Political Science, and/or Economics, so essentially has no idea. Last summer, Nick interned at the Chicago Transit Authority where he pretended to be competent in Python and Java (was eventually exposed and relegated to verifying data and making “aesthetic” user interfaces for the rest of the summer); conducted photo shoots with different airlines and hotels; ate his way through Chicago (has he mentioned that he’s from Chicago yet?); and jumped one too many times into Lake Michigan. At Yale, you can find Nick pretending to be a MBA student while studying at the Yale School of Management, doing odd tasks as part of the Yale Daily News Business Team, teaching New Haven high school students through YIRA’s Hemispheres program, and writing for The Yale Globalist.

IRSY 2020 is excited to present our Human Rights Panel with speakers Sally Abi Khali, Edwan Ngum Tah, and Esam Boraey. S...
10/16/2020

IRSY 2020 is excited to present our Human Rights Panel with speakers Sally Abi Khali, Edwan Ngum Tah, and Esam Boraey.

Sally Abi Khalil is a humanitarian and development practitioner with twenty years of experience in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria. She is currently Country Director of Oxfam in Lebanon and has served as chair of the Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum.

Edwan Ngum Tah is an attorney and civil litigation expert working in Cameroon. She is also the Executive Director of the Center for Public Interest Law, Cameroon and has partnered with the Center for Democracy and Development, West Africa to document cases of human rights violations by state and non-state actors in their fight against terrorism in the Lake Chad Basin.

Esam Boraey is a political and human rights activist working for freedom and democracy in the Middle East. Esam services as a board member for several nonprofits internationally, nationally, and locally including the World Affairs Council, the American Muslim Alliance, and Connecticut Council on Interreligious understanding, CCIU.

Read more about our amazing speakers at: https://www.irsy.org/speakers

10/14/2020

IRSY 2020 is excited to present our YRIS-IRSY Writing Workshop. YRIS, Yale Review of International Studies, is an undergraduate journal dedicated to publishing both opinion and long-form scholarship on contemporary and historical global issues. Staff writers and editors will work with students to teach writing and research skills.

IRSY is so excited to showcase our keynote speaker, Allen Fung, and our closing ceremony speaker, Hyppolite Ntigurirwa!Y...
10/14/2020

IRSY is so excited to showcase our keynote speaker, Allen Fung, and our closing ceremony speaker, Hyppolite Ntigurirwa!

Ying Lun “Allen” FUNG is Political Assistant to Secretary for Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Before joining the government in 2014, he served as a personal assistant to Mr. CY Leung from 2006 to 2012 and advised on his successful Chief Executive election campaign. Allen has extensive experience in politics and public administration in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. He is a member of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies and the All China Youth Federation, and Standing Committee Member of the Guangdong Youth Federation. He was Vice President (External) of the Hong Kong University Students’ Union and Chairman of China Study Society, HKUSU, while he was an undergraduate.

Hyppolite Ntigurirwa is an artist, activist, and founder of Be the Peace, an organization focusing on the use of art to halt the intergenerational transmission of hate and to promote the power of cross-generational healing. Hyppolite was an international Artist in Residence with Arts Connect International in Boston in 2016. Since then he has worked as Arts Program Manager for the British Council in Rwanda, focused on disability rights and societal inclusion. He is a Peace Ambassador for One Young World, Peace Scholar and his work has been covered by global media including BBC, NPR, SABC, and Dutchwelle.

Register for IRSY for the chance to hear both speakers discuss their experiences globally. More info on all of our speakers can be found at https://www.irsy.org/speakers.

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat:Dora is a first-year hailing from Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas and is ...
10/13/2020

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat:

Dora is a first-year hailing from Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas and is so excited to serve as Under-Secretary General of Branding and Technology this year. If anyone knows what she should major in, please come tell her during the conference. Over the summer, Dora intensively studied Mandarin Chinese and interned at a historic house/art museum, serving as the tech support, the PR team, a tea server, a secretary, a children’s book illustrator, and a tour-guide (No, the internship was not paid). At Yale, you can find Dora water-color painting Silliman, her residential college, or designing for the Yale College Council as their sole graphic designer. She also served as the Assistant Secretary General of Branding for Yale Model United Nations this year. She is super excited to see everyone at the conference this year; give a shout if you see her!

It’s IRSY week! Follow our social media accounts for more information on IRSY in the days leading up to the conference. ...
10/12/2020

It’s IRSY week! Follow our social media accounts for more information on IRSY in the days leading up to the conference. We’re so excited to present our schedule for this year! More info on our website: https://www.irsy.org/schedule

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat: Our Under-Secretary General of Curriculum, Natalie, is a first-year in Si...
10/12/2020

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat:

Our Under-Secretary General of Curriculum, Natalie, is a first-year in Silliman College from Hong Kong. She is thinking about majoring in History, English, or Political Science. In her free time, Natalie enjoys taking photographs, writing articles for the Yale Daily News, and decimating her friends at a multitude of board games. She spent this past summer working as an intern for a newspaper in Hong Kong and trying to convince a small group of third graders that she is a somewhat competent English tutor. The verdict on that was a resounding no. At Yale, you can find Natalie getting ghosted by her sources for YDN articles, scrolling through twitter as a communications intern at the equity research and innovation center, and tearing her hair out in the depths of Bass library because she cannot figure out how to solve economics problem sets. She is also this year’s Secretary-General for the World Scholar’s Cup. If you see Natalie on campus, come and say hi!

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat: Sandhya is a first-year in Saybrook College from Rochester, Minnesota and...
10/11/2020

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat:

Sandhya is a first-year in Saybrook College from Rochester, Minnesota and a Co-USG of Conference. She is considering majoring in global affairs, political science, or the history of science, medicine, and public health (and occasionally considers becoming pre-med). Over the summer, Sandhya road tripped with friends 22 hours to Banff, Canada where she discovered the gift that is Tim Hortons. She also spent lots of time dedicated to baking and watching Grey’s Anatomy with her sister. Since coming to campus, she’s gotten involved in YIRA, in the Lowenstein Human Rights Project, and dances with Yale Rangeela. When she’s not doing her work, she can be heard in the dining halls passionately defending her habit of drinking milk 2-3 times a day (because it is delicious and healthy). She’s looking forward to an incredible conference, and feel free to say hi if you see her!

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat: On of our Co-Under Secretaries General of Conference, Lucy Kim is a first...
10/11/2020

Introducing the Virtual IRSY 2020 Secretariat:

On of our Co-Under Secretaries General of Conference, Lucy Kim is a first-year student from Los Angeles, California. She is considering a major in Global Affairs and is currently (note; currently) a premed student. In her free time, she likes to watch the squirrels fighting on Old Campus outside her window. Lucy loves the beautiful rooms in Sterling Library, but is terrified of the stacks and what mysterious things happen there. On campus, Lucy is involved in a variety of activities that she’d love to talk to you about. She is a member of the Yale International Relations Association in different capacities, such as organizing IRSY to competing on the Model UN team, and is involved with a variety of clubs regarding her interest in politics, Asian-American heritage, and science.

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The International Relations Symposium at Yale (IRSY) is a free one-day symposium for students interested in international relations, sponsored by the Yale International Relations Association. Students, faculty, and professionals from Yale and around the world will discuss global affairs and present careers and opportunities. IRSY is completely run by Yale students (see above photo).

This year's IRSY will be held on April 5, 2020 Please visit irsy.org for more information about the conference, or contact [email protected] with any questions. We hope to see you at this year’s conference!